Rebecca Passmore news
16 Jun 2026
PureGym Group has announced that group chief financial officer, Alex Wood, is taking over the
14 Apr 2026
Low-cost operator, PureGym is piloting reformer Pilates in its Danish clubs, considering the introduction of
03 Mar 2026
PureGym, one of Europe’s largest gym operators, has achieved FITCert Level 4 accreditation across its
12 Dec 2025
Fifty-six former Blink Fitness gyms in New York and New Jersey have been upgraded and
02 Dec 2025
PureGym will be maintaining the momentum of its swift rollout next year, with 60 to
23 Oct 2025
Physiologist and co-founder of Future Practice and Pillar Wellbeing, Oli Patrick opened the HCM Summit
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
23 Oct 2025
It’s been a great morning at the sell-out HCM Summit in London, with six inspirational
23 Oct 2025
After a networking breakfast, Leisure Media CEO, Liz Terry and PureGym chair, Humphrey Cobbold, have
12 Sep 2025
TDR Capital has taken on fresh investment and created a new fund for David Lloyd
09 Jul 2025
The Royal Borough of Greenwich will soon be opening its £80 million exemplar leisure centre
27 Jun 2025
Spanish private equity firm, Alter Capital Desarrollo, has increased its investment in Spanish operator, Wifit
12 Jun 2025
Top business leaders from around the world have been confirmed as speakers for the all-keynote
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
16 Apr 2025
Growing the Health and Fitness Sector Together was the theme of this year’s EuropeActive European
13 Dec 2024
It's been a year of significant growth for PureGym, both at home and overseas. Today
21 Aug 2024
The UK’s largest operator of affordable fitness, PureGym, has announced today that CEO Humphrey Cobbold
21 May 2024
Speaking to HCM for its 2024-2025 Handbook, which will be out next month, PureGym managing
27 Feb 2024
Speaking exclusively in the current issue of HCM magazine, Third Space CEO, Colin Waggett, says
19 Dec 2023
With between 18 and 30 per cent of the populations of developed countries living in
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
02 Dec 2023
PureGym has delivered a positive set of third quarter results, with revenues increasing to £137.7m,
22 Dec 2022
Rebecca Passmore was promoted to MD of Pure Gym in September 2020 – the same
12 Sep 2022
As the UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss prepares an energy bailout, UK Active has
New UK Active membership council revealed – Dave Courteen to chair and also join the UK Active board
17 Feb 2022
Industry body, UK Active, has revealed a new council to represent the voice of members
10 Feb 2022
Customer demand for health clubs and gyms in the UK was ‘back to normal' during
15 Dec 2021
Pure Gym has dropped plans for an IPO which it revealed in August, opting instead
10 Nov 2021
A new guide has been published to give health clubs, gyms and leisure centres in
04 Jun 2021
The number of health club members returning to gyms since lockdown has beaten all expectations,
08 Apr 2021
As health clubs and fitness studios in England are counting the hours down to reopening
12 Jan 2021
The government needs to provide the fitness and physical activity sector with a plan which
21 Sep 2020
More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime
03 Dec 2019
Training provider Premier Global NASM and budget operator Pure Gym have partnered to launch a
16 Jul 2019
Pure Gym has appointed Premier Global NASM as its exclusive UK fitness training provider. The
23 Aug 2018
PureGym has revealed it has a number of new concepts in its development pipeline, as
11 Jul 2017
Pure Gym has appointed Rebecca Passmore as its director of operations, replacing Jacques de Bruin,
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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BLK BOX has been reimagining elite performance
spaces for more than a decade. Founder and
former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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recent health club flooring
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